{"id":747896,"date":"2026-06-20T01:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T01:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/747896\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T01:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T01:54:11","slug":"taipans-re-sign-athletic-big-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/747896\/","title":{"rendered":"Taipans re-sign athletic big man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cairns Taipans announced on Saturday the return of Kyrin Galloway, with the athletic forward committing to a third season after signing a new one-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>Galloway first joined the Taipans in 2024, with his mutual option being exercised for the Hungry Jack\u2019s NBL26 Season and leading to a career-best campaign under Adam Forde.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old averaged 7.6 points and 4.6 rebounds, while being elevated to the starting lineup in 22 of his 33 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>He recorded his first career double-double with 16 points and 14 rebounds against Illawarra.<\/p>\n<p>Galloway\u2019s defensive abilities also flourished in his second season in orange, finishing with the fourth-most blocks in the NBL by a forward and earning the Taipans\u2019 Defensive Player of the Year award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKyrin has been here during the lean times and stepped up, especially during the stretches of injury,\u201d Forde said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t easy, but he built a lot of resilience over that time, and now we are getting a version of Kyrin that is hungry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s cool is Kyrin knows what he\u2019s in for, and we know what we\u2019re getting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s over losing like I am and is ready for a big year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&gt; READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbl.com.au\/news\/karim-lopez-believes-next-stars-is-perfect-career-springboard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HOW THE NBL PREPARED KARIM LOPEZ FOR THE NBA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Galloway is one of three Taipans to return from last season\u2019s roster, alongside Australian Boomers Jack McVeigh and Reyne Smith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to have Kyrin back, he adds depth and talent to our team,\u201d Forde said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can play him in that four or five spot, depending on the lineup, because we can use him as a pop threat against a team that defends in the key or get him on the rim against the teams that hedge the ball handler.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me personally, it also adds some consistency with all the new faces coming in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Cairns, 26-year-old Galloway spent time with the New Zealand Breakers and Adelaide.<\/p>\n<p>Also on the Taipans roster for next season is exciting NBL Next Star Luke Paul and three-time NBL champion Shaun Bruce.<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbl.com.au\/news\/nbl26-free-agency-every-move-as-it-happens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Free Agency Tracker: Rolling updates, signings and reported moves<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781920451_885_69d47a153353ed2bdf7cd807_Article Banner_1920x250 (1).jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cairns Taipans announced on Saturday the return of Kyrin Galloway, with the athletic forward committing to a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-747896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}